The Determinants of the Location of Foreign Direct Investment by Japanese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Small Business Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-103

  Urata, Shujiro ^a   Kawai, Hiroki ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0034557495     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008173912813     Document Type: Article

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